Energy
Minsk may fail to fully implement N-plant project – Lithuanian PM
Lithuania expects that Belarus will fail to fully implement its Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) project, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Tuesday. […]
Belarus
Energy
Belarusian N-plant assessment shouldn’t be limited to stress tests – president’s aide
With the European Commission expected to publish on Tuesday its assessment of stress tests at Belarus‘ Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), President Dalia Grybauskaitė‘s chief advisor says that the tests are only part of the assessment of the facility under construction close to Lithuania’s border and fail to give full answers to Vilnius’ questions. […]
Politics
MP Skardžius avoids impeachment
Lithuanian MP Artūras Skardžius, a member of the Social Democratic Labor Party political group in the Seimas, has avoided impeachment after the parliament on Saturday endorsed the conclusions of a special commission, stating that there’s no basis for the impeachment procedure. […]
Energy
EU to present its assessment of Astravyets NPP’ stress tests
The European Union is set to publish its stress test assessment for Astravyets nuclear power plant under construction in Belarus near the Lithuanian border. […]
Energy
Power grid synchronization is final step in Lithuania’s European integration – president
A political agreement to be signed in Brussels on Thursday on the Baltic power grids’ synchronization with the Continental European system marks Lithuania’s final step toward full energy independence and integration into Europe, President Dalia Grybauskaitė said. […]
Energy
CORPORATE
The Energy Strategy focuses on synchronisation and green energy
On 21 June 2018, the Seimas endorsed the National Energy Independence Strategy. The Strategy draws the main energy guidelines until 2050. It focusses on synchronisation with the continental Europe and renewable energy. The Strategy schedules […]
Foreign affairs
EU to present Belarusian N-plant stress test results next week – Lithuanian diplomat
The European Union will next week present the results of stress tests at the Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) under construction in Belarus close to its border with Lithuania, President Dalia Grybauskaitė‘s foreign policy advisor said on Tuesday. […]
Society
Share of contraband cigarettes down slightly in Lithuania – survey
The contraband cigarettes market in Lithuania has shrunk this year, standing at 17.7 percent, and the state budget lost around 50 million euros because of that last year, a new survey shows. […]
Politics
Lithuania’s vice environmin under fire after “post Soviet countries” event
Lithuania’s Vice Minister of Environment Martynas Norbutas has come under fire for attending a seminar for post-Soviet countries in the United States. […]
Society
Lithuania ranks 36th in World Press Freedom Index
Lithuania ranks 36th in the annual World Press Freedom Index, produced by Reporters Without Borders, unchanged from last year. […]
Foreign affairs
Astravyets NPP’s safety info doesn’t match reality – Lithuanian formin
The published information on the safety of the Astravyets nuclear power plant in Belarus does not match reality, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius says. […]
Politics
Lithuania must be at forefront of EU integration – president (Updated)
Lithuania must be at the forefront of EU integration, President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Tuesday. […]
Society
CORPORATE
NSGK investigation reveals how Russia’s tethers penetrated into Lithuania: seemingly irreconcilable enemies united
What do the companies Arvi, MG Baltic, part of the so-called officials and Russia‘s aims to penetrate Lithuania’s energy system have in common? The conclusions of the Seimas National Security and Defence Committee (NSGK) investigation […]
Politics
Nine key findings of Seimas committee’s influence probe
The Lithuanian parliament’s Committee on National Security and Defense (NSGK) completed on Wednesday its investigation into business and interest groups’ influence on political processes and decision-makers. […]
Energy
Astravyets NPP’s expansion aimed at redirecting attention, Lithuanian energmin says
Belarus‘ reports about plans to build another two reactors at the Astravyets nuclear power plant are an attempt to direct attention from the problems the NPP builders are facing, Lithuanian Energy Minister Žygimantas Vaičiūnas says. […]
Society
EHU wants to be more integrated in Lithuanian academic community – rector
The Vilnius-based European Humanities University (EHU), whose students are mostly from Belarus, expects to solve its problems through closer links with Lithuania’s academic community, its rector said on Monday. […]
Society
Lithuanian prosecutors demand jail sentences, EUR 11.3 mln damages in 1991 crackdown trial
Defendants in a mass trial related to the bloody events of Jan. 13, 1991 in Vilnius must be given severe prison sentences and pay over 11.3 million euros in damages in a civil lawsuit, public prosecutors from the Prosecutor General’s Office said on Monday. […]
History
Remains of 1863 uprising participants to be buried in Vilnius’ Rasos Cemetery
A Lithuanian government commission has decided that the remains of participants of the 1863-1864 uprising against Tsarist Russia should be buried in Vilnius’ old Rasos Cemetery next year. […]